THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY V OLUME 49, ISSUE 66 | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Hesburgh Libraries announces partnership Joins with St. Joseph County Public Libraries to expand access and resources for students, faculty and staff By MATTHEW McKENNA service area that according to N ews Writer our data had very low library usage.” S t. Joseph County Public O’Brein said she thinks the Libraries (SJCPL) and Hesburgh partnership is a great example Libraries have formed a part- of how libraries can work to- nership that will allow Notre gether to be more effective. Dame students, faculty and “By partnering, we have staff to access public library found a way to meet the needs materials. of our patrons while minimiz- Lisa O’Brien, circulation ing costs,” she said. “Because manager for SJCPL, said the of limited resources, libraries county’s public library patrons should consider partnerships can place holds on materials as an appealing option for sus- for pick up at Hesburgh Library, taining and expanding librar- and they can return most SJCPL ies services.” materials to Hesburgh. Tracey Morton, manager of “The partnership is mutu- Frontline Services for Hesburgh ally beneficial,” O’Brien said. Libraries, said as a residential “Hesburgh needed a way for campus, it is not easy for a busy their patrons to access popu- student to get to the downtown lar materials and SJCPL needed library to pick up and return to increase usage by residents affiliated with Notre Dame, a see LIBRARY PAGE 3 LAUREN WELDON | The Observer Gallery showcases G lee, orchestra collaborate BY LUCAS MASIN-MOYER the DeBartolo Performing Arts Christmas carols and other N ews Writer Center’s website. popular selections and then students’ artwork Glee Club and Symphony there will be some pieces to- The Notre Dame Glee Club Orchestra director Daniel Stowe gether,” he said. “We’ll also have and Symphony Orchestra will said the show will feature a wide a couple arrangements of tradi- join forces for a festive perfor- variety of Christmas music. tional carols that were arrange- mance of beloved Christmas “It’s kind of a potpourri con- ments for the Glee Club and songs, both old and new cert that will be some music orchestra together.” this Saturday at DeBartolo for orchestra alone, principally This joint concert is a break Performing Arts Center. collections from the Nutcracker from the the traditional types of All proceeds will benefit Suite by Tchaikovsky, and then performances for both groups, the South Bend Center for the a good many pieces from the Stowe said. Homeless and the Food Bank of Glee Club alone ranging from Northern Indiana, according to renaissance songs to popular see CONCERT PAGE 4 MONICA VILLAGOMEZ MENDEZ | The Observer Professor wins grant for Works created by students in Saint Mary’s courses are displayed in Saint Mary’s Moreau Art Galleries for the final weeks of the semester. Tourtillotte decided to use the work on obesity prevention By MARTA BROWN N ews Writer space to install the final works from our courses. By SARAH CATE BAKER childhood obesity prevention Along with associate pro- S tarting this week and ex- “My students also have the re- N ews Writer tactics. fessor of marketing Elizabeth tending through finals week, quired research they have done Braungart-Rieker said her Moore, Braungart-Rieker has the Saint Mary’s Moreau Art along with their work; it has been Julie Braungart-Rieker, pro- study focuses on parents’ be- been studying how preschool- Galleries will display a rotat- placed on the pedestals next to fessor of psychology and di- havior instead of children’s er’s impulsivity levels can ing exhibit of student work from the work.” rector of the William J. Shaw behavior. correlate to their body-mass the Department of Art’s Video, Tourtillotte, the instructor Center for Children and “We’re not really so inter- index (BMI). Advanced Painting and Drawing for this display, said in an email Families, has been award- ested in what kids are eating, “We published an article I classes. that the videos on display from the ed an Indiana Clinical and but rather what’s going on the in 2014 that basically showed Professor of Art Ian Weaver Department of Film Studies “are Translational Studies Institute home; how does the mother this sort of this cascading ef- said in an email, “Rather than highlights from this semester’s (CTSI) award and grant for her interact with the child, how’s fect with mothers,” Braungart- have the gallery empty for the work in ART 224 Video Art. 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